Beginning Android Application Development - Brossura

Lee, Wei Meng

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1118017110 ISBN 13: 9781118017111

Casa editrice: Wrox Pr Inc, 2011

Riassunto

Create must-have applications for the latest Android OS

The Android OS is a popular and flexible platform for many of today's most in-demand mobile devices. This full-color guide offers you a hands-on introduction to creating Android applications for the latest mobile devices. Veteran author Wei Meng Lee accompanies each lesson with real-world examples to drive home the content he covers. Beginning with an overview of core Android features and tools, he moves at a steady pace while teaching everything you need to know to successfully develop your own Android applications.

• Explains what an activity is and reviews its lifecycle
• Zeroes in on customizing activities by applying styles and themes
• Looks at the components of a screen, including LinearLayout, AbsoluteLayout, and RelativeLayout, among others
• Details ways to adapt to different screen sizes and adjust display orientation
• Reviews the variety of views such as TextView, ProgressBar, TimePicker, and more

Beginning Android Application Development pares down the most essential steps you need to know so you can start creating Android applications today.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Wei-Meng Lee is a technologist and founder of Developer Learning Solutions (www.learn2develop.net). He writes extensively for online publications and magazines on topics ranging from .NET to Mac OS X. In addition, he is the author of Beginning iOS 4 Application Development, as well as many other technology books and articles.

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Create applications for the latest Android OS

The Android OS is a popular and flexible platform for many of today's most in-demand mobile devices. This full-color guide offers you a hands-on introduction to creating Android applications for the latest mobile devices. Veteran author Wei-Meng Lee accompanies each lesson with real-world examples to drive home the content he covers. Beginning with an overview of core Android features and tools, the author proceeds to teach everything you need to know to successfully develop your own Android applications.

Beginning Android Application Development:

• Explains what an activity is and reviews its lifecycle

• Zeroes in on how to customize activities by applying styles and themes

• Looks at the components of a screen, including LinearLayout, AbsoluteLayout, and RelativeLayout, among others

• Details ways to adapt to different screen sizes and adjust display orientation

• Reviews the variety of views such as TextView, ProgressBar, TimePicker, and more

• Covers SMS messaging and networking

• Walks you through how to create an Android Service and interact with it

• Pares down the most essential steps for publishing Android applications

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

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Create applications for the latest Android OS
 
The Android OS is a popular and flexible platform for many of today's most in-demand mobile devices. This full-color guide offers you a hands-on introduction to creating Android applications for the latest mobile devices. Veteran author Wei-Meng Lee accompanies each lesson with real-world examples to drive home the content he covers. Beginning with an overview of core Android features and tools, the author proceeds to teach everything you need to know to successfully develop your own Android applications.
 
Beginning Android Application Development:
* Explains what an activity is and reviews its lifecycle
* Zeroes in on how to customize activities by applying styles and themes
* Looks at the components of a screen, including LinearLayout, AbsoluteLayout, and RelativeLayout, among others
* Details ways to adapt to different screen sizes and adjust display orientation
* Reviews the variety of views such as TextView, ProgressBar, TimePicker, and more
* Covers SMS messaging and networking
* Walks you through how to create an Android Service and interact with it
* Pares down the most essential steps for publishing Android applications
 
Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.
 
wrox.com Programmer Forums
 
Join our Programmer to Programmer forums to ask and answer programming questions about this book, join discussions on the hottest topics in the industry, and connect with fellow programmers from around the world.
 
Code Downloads
 
Take advantage of free code samples from this book, as well as code samples from hundreds of other books, all ready to use.
 
Read More
 
Find articles, ebooks, sample chapters and tables of contents for hundreds of books, and more reference resources on programming topics that matter to you.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Wrox Pr Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1118017110
• ISBN 13: 9781118017111
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 428
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile